What is an eating disorder?

Eating disorders are also called eating disorders, eating disorders, or eating disorders. It is a disease characterized by an abnormal obsession with extreme dieting, such as an excessive fear of weight gain, a strong desire to have a thin body, and inappropriate weight control practices such as continuous starvation or taking diet pills or laxatives. It is also characterized by disorders in eating behavior that are mainly triggered by excessive dieting, such as irregular eating habits, binge eating, loss of control over food, excessive obsession with food, and refusal to eat food despite being undernourished. Eating disorders can be broadly divided into anorexia and bulimia.

Symptoms of Eating Disorders

anorexia

The official psychiatric name for anorexia is anorexia nervosa. The biggest characteristic is extreme refusal of food, resulting in a loss of more than 15% of normal weight. Women with this disease have an extreme fear of gaining weight or becoming obese, so they constantly try to lose weight even though they are underweight. In extreme cases, weight loss can reach 30-40% of normal body weight (e.g., 160 cm in height and 30 kg in weight). When this level is reached, it is very dangerous to physical health and requires hospitalization.

behavioral symptoms

- Place restrictions on eating behavior, such as strict dieting, fasting, or fasting.

- Count food into pieces or cut food into small pieces before eating.

- I often cook food for others and do not eat it myself.

- I am concerned about gaining too much weight despite my low body weight.

- Great fear of food.

- I have a fear of eating in public places.

- I am concerned about gaining too much weight while trying to lose weight.

- Wear loose-fitting clothes to hide excessive weight loss.

- Binge eating.

- Vomiting or habitually taking drugs such as laxatives, diuretics, or diet foods to control weight.

- Weigh yourself too frequently, several times a day.

- Excessive obsession with food ingredients and calories.

physical symptoms

- Weight decreased significantly over a short period of time.

- Menstruation has become irregular or stopped without any particular cause.

- The face is pale.

- I became sensitive to the cold.

- I feel dizzy and fall easily.

- A lot of hair falls out.

- have a headache.

- Feeling tired easily.

psychological symptoms

- Severe mood changes.

- Shows a perfectionistic attitude.

- There is an excessive sense of inferiority and anxiety about one's own abilities.

- Your sense of self-worth is affected by what food you eat or not eat.

- I try not to meet people often.

- Denies current underweight.

- Place excessive emphasis on weight or body shape when evaluating oneself.

Bulimia

The full psychiatric name is bulimia nervosa. The biggest characteristic is the loss of eating control, eating large amounts of food at a rapid rate and not being able to stop eating even when you are full. After binge eating, people fear the consequences of weight gain, so they vomit, take laxatives or diuretics, or repeat intense exercise and dieting. The incidence ratio between men and women suffering from binge eating is 1:15, with the overwhelming majority being women.